Argonne National Laboratory’s 22nd Symposium for Undergraduates

in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

in collaboration with

The Central States Universities, Incorporated (CSUI)

Research Conference

ABSTRACTS: TITLES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS

Session 1 - Analytical and Physical Chemistry Building 402, Room A1100

Session Chairs: Jong-Won Shin, Mike Slater

10:30 AM

CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMIC ACID ADSORPTION ON TIO2 THIN FILMS USING ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE/FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (ATR/FT-IR) SPECTROSCOPY Jamie L. Marsh,  Nicole M. Smiddy,  Edward Remsen* Bradley University, Mund- Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61606 eremsen@mail.bradley.edu

10:45 AM

COMPARISON OF THE BINDING AFFINITY OF L-SERINE AND L-ALANINE TO NANO-COLLOIDAL SILICA USING COMPETITIVE BINDING ANALYSIS VIA FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY Donald K Schorr and Ashley Wayman Bradley University, Mund-Langowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61625 eremsen@fsmail.bradley.edu

11:00 AM

DFT CALCULATIONS OF PKA IN WATER AND METHANOL IN DIFFERENT CONTINUUM SOLVATION MODELS Gary D Bondarevsky,  Wayne Bosma*,  Brad Andersh Bradley University, Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61606 bosma@fsmail.bradley.edu

11:15 AM

EFFECTS OF FERMENTATION ON CHANGES IN POLYPHENOLS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF BERRIES AND BERRY PRODUCTS Kasarla R Deepak and Gilles K Kouassi* Western Illinois University, Chemistry, Macomb, IL 61455 gkk100@wiu.edu

11:30 AM

LUNCH

1:30 PM

EVIDENCE OF COOPERATIVE ADSORPTION OF CO AND WATER ON ROUGHENED GOLD SURFACES USING VIBRATIONAL SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION SPECTROSCOPY Joshua G. Hinman^1,  Fadel Y. Shalhout^2,  Sergey Malyk^2,  Alexander V. Benderskii*^2 Bradley University^1, Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61625 University of Southern California^2, Department of Chemistry, Los Angeles, CA 90089 alex.benderskii@usc.edu

1:45 PM

OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN XANTHENE DYES AND POLYMADQUAT Lauren J. Duvall and Margaret K. Hammar Bradley University, Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61625 eremsen@bumail.bradley.edu

2:00 PM

PEAK EMISSION WAVELENGTHS OF LUMINOL REACTIONS Mayna R. Muenchow and Joseph D. Scanlon* Ripon College, Chemistry, Ripon, WI 54971 scanlonj@ripon.edu

2:15 PM

PHASE SEPARATION IN BIOPOLYMER-STABILIZED EMULSIONS: FOCUS ON SYNERESIS Akku Shashank,  Mark S Boley*,  Gilles K Kouassi Western Illinois University, Chemistry, Macomb, IL 61455 gkk100@wiu.edu

2:30 PM

SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF MESOPOROUS METAL OXIDE THIN FILMS Rachel A. Withers,  Daniel K. Turner,  Edward E. Remsen* Bradley University, Chemistry, Peoria, IL 61606 eremsen@bumail.bradley.edu

2:45 PM	STABILITY, PLASTICIZING EFFECT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SUCRALOSE/TREHALOSE SYSTEM CONTAINING PROTEIN-POLYMER MATRIX ON ω-3 FATTY ACID AND SOYBEAN OIL Pranitha Chodavarapu,  Mark S Boley,  Gilles K Kouassi Western Illinois University, Chemistry, Macomb, IL 61455 gkk100@wiu.edu
3:00 PM	BREAK

3:15 PM

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMER-MODIFIED MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES Alexander Nicol,  Katie R Hurley,  Christy L Haynes University of Minnesota, Chemistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455 chaynes@umn.edu

3:30 PM

THE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES EXTRACTED FROM DISPOSABLE GLOVES USING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Matthew A. Brege and Eugene B. Wickenheiser* Northern Michigan University, Chemistry, Marquette, MI 49855 ewickenh@nmu.edu

3:45 PM

THE EFFECT OF VINYLENE CARBONATE AND VINYL ETHYLENE CARBONATE ON SEI POLYMERIZATION FOR AU ANODES IN A LITHIUM ION BATTERY Mikayla Anderson^1,  Hadi Tavassol^2,  Joseph W. Buthker^2,  Andrew Gewirth^2,  Edward Remsen*^1 Bradley University^1, Peoria, IL 61606 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^2, Urbana, IL 61801 eremsen@bradley.edu

4:00 PM

UNDERSTANDING GOLD NANOPARTICLES WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY Michael J. Enright^1,  Bo Yan^2,  Richard W. Vachet*^2 Ripon College^1, Chemistry, Ripon, WI 54971 University of Massachusetts-Amherst^2, Chemistry, Amherst, MA 01003 rwvachet@chem.umass.edu

4:15 PM

ANALYSIS OF EDXRF AS AN ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR DENDROCHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY Pekul, Jason M.; Olson, Dan E. Edgewood College Madison, WI 53711 olson@edgewood.edu

Session 2 – Computer Science I and II and Mathematics Building 402, Room E1100

Chairs: Rajeev Jain, Jini Ramprakash

10:30 AM

CONCURRENT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION Kendall A Lewis^1,  Alex Brooks^2,  Scott M Thede*^3 Humboldt State University^1, Computer Science, Arcata, CA 95521 Monmouth College^2, Monmouth, IL 61462 DePauw University^3, Computer Science, Greencastle, IN 46135 sthede@depauw.edu

10:45 AM

COUNTING THE NUMBER OF SCHEDULES BY THE ROUND ROBIN ALGORITHM Alyssa D. Cherry Northern Michigan University, Mathematics, Marquette, MI 49855 qzhang@nmu.edu

11:00 AM

FACTORIZATION PROPERTIES OF CONGRUENCE MONOIDS Arielle Fujiwara^1,  Joseph Gibson^2,  Matthew Jenssen^3,  Daniel Montealegre^4,  Vadim Ponomarenko*^5,  Ari Tenzer^6 Roosevelt University^1, Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Chicago, IL 60605 University of Texas at San Antonio^2, San Antonio, TX 78249 Queen's College: University of Cambridge^3, Cambridge University of California, Los Angeles^4, Los Angeles, CA 90024 San Diego State University^5, Math and Statistics, San Diego, CA 92182 Washington University in St. Louis^6, St. Louis, MO 63130 vadim@sciences.sdsu.edu

11:15 AM

HEAD INJURY CRITERION Dana E Alexander Roosevelt University, Mathematics, Chicago, IL 60605 mpivarski@roosevelt.edu

11:30 AM

RELAXED GAME COLORINGS OF COMPLETE MULTIPARTITE GRAPHS Alex Sistko^1,  Charles Dunn^2,  Jennifer Nordstrom*^2,  John Portin^2,  Lawrence Barrett^3,  Susan Rufai^4 Bradley University^1, Mathematics, Peoria, IL 61606 Linfield College^2, Mathematics, McMinnville, OR 97128 University of Rochester^3, Mathematics, Rochester, NY 14627 McMinville School District^4, McMinville, OR 97128 cdunn@linfield.edu

11:45 AM

SCALESCRIPT - A SCALA (SUBSET) TO JAVASCRIPT COMPILER Trevor L. Griswold^1,  Micheal T. Stees^2,  Brian T. Howard*^3 Willamette University^1, Salem, OR 97301 Monmouth College^2, Monmouth, IL 61462 DePauw University^3, Department of Computer Science, Greencastle, IN 46135 bhoward@depauw.edu

Session 3 – Cell Biology and Biochemistry Building 402, Room E1200

Chairs: Pliny Smith, Walter Henne

10:30 AM

A COMPARISON OF BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN ADSORPTION ON SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS AND GOLD USING A QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE Scott B. Thourson^1,  Brian J. Doyle^2,  Shannon J. Timpe*^1 Bradley University^1, Mechanical Engineering, Peoria, IL 61606 Alma College^2, Biology and Biochemistry, Alma, MI 48801 sjtimpe@bumail.bradley.edu

10:45 AM

A PROTEOMIC APPROACH: CHARACTERIZATION OF BACILLUS ANTHRACIS VIA COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN MICROARRAYS Divya Pillai^1,  Daniel Schabacker*^2,  Angela Ahrendt^2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology^1, Cambridge, MA 02139 Argonne National Laboratory^2, Lemont, IL 60439 dschabacker@anl.gov

11:00 AM

ACID AND NEUTRAL TREHALASE ACTIVITIES IN MUTANTS OF THE CORN ROT FUNGUS FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES Duncan L Nall^1,  Ethan S. Roberts^1,  Beth A. Boudreau^1,  Daren W. Brown^2,  Edward E. Remsen^1,  Kristi L. McQuade*^1 Bradley University^1, Chemistry, Peoria, IL 61604 USDA, NCAUR^2, Peoria, IL 61604 mcquade@fsmail.bradley.edu

11:15 AM

ACRIDINE ORANGE STAINING: DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF AUTOPHAGOSOMES Andrew Schuck,  Kelsie Allen,  Ana Recendiz,  Linda Yasui Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115 bodebp@niu.edu

12:30 PM

CHARACTERIZING NOVEL INTRAGENIC SUPPRESSORS OF A CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVE ALLELE OF GS ALPHA Julie Carroll,  Kyle Turcic,  Robin P Rylaarsdam* Benedictine University, Biology, Lisle, IL 60532 rrylaarsdam@ben.edu

12:45 PM

DEVELOPMENT OF A FLUORESCENT BASED ASSAY TO DETECT CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY OF ∂ -LACTONE DERIVATIVES Abria Bonner and Michelle R. Fry* Bradley University, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61625 mfry@bradley.edu

1:00 PM

INVESTIGATING TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT LAT1 EXPRESSION IN HUMAN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Evan Wittke and Barrie Bode* Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, DeKalb, IL 60115 bodebp@niu.edu

1:15 PM

MANY ANTIBACTERIAL ANTIBIOTICS STIMULATE HOST IMMUNE FUNCTION; NOW WHAT ?? Mariah Hurt,  Megan Babyak,  Kevin Jones,  Shawn Curry,  Nicholas Horn,  Vance McCracken,  Dennis,J. Kitz* S. Illinois Univ. Edwardsville, Biological Sciences, Edwardsville, IL 62026 dkitz@siue.edu

1:30 PM

GOLD NANOPARTICLES HEATED BY RF RADIATION FOR APPLICATIONS TO CANCER THERAPIES Alla R Letfullina and Renat R Letfullin Rose-Hulman, Physics, Terre Haute, IN 47802 letfullin@rose-hulman.edu

1:45 PM

PHYTOREMEDIATION OF BISPHENOL A BY LITTLE BLUESTEM (SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM) SEEDLINGS Katherine A. Markel and Lesley J. Putman* Northern Michigan University, Chemistry, Marquette, MI 49855 lputman@nmu.edu

2:00PM

PROTECTING LUNG EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF ALPHA HEMOLYSIN Julie Fink^1,  Daniel Burden^1,  Lisa Keranen-Burden*^2 Wheaton College^1, Biology, Wheaton, IL 60187 Wheaton^2, Biology, Wheaton, IL 60187 daniel.burden@wheaton.edu

2:15 PM

ΑLPHA-SYNUCLEIN FAMILIAL MUTANTS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE: DOES COMBINING THEM AGGRAVATE PATHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES IN YEAST MODELS? Natalie Kukulka,  Ryan Vlaar,  Keith Solvang,  Michael Herriges,  Madhavi Senagolage,  Shubhik DebBurman* Lake Forest College, Neuroscience, Biology, Lake Forest, IL 60045 debburman@lakeforest.edu

2:30 PM

PARKINSON’S DISEASE PROTEIN α-SYNUCLEIN: ARE SOME AMINO ACIDS MORE IMPORTANT TO PATHOLOGY THAN OTHERS? Galina A. Lipkin,  Katrina Campbell,  Shubhik DebBurman* Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 60045 debburma@mx.lakeforest.edu

Session 4 – Astrophysics, Atomic/Nuclear Physics Building 402, Auditorium

Condensed Matter Physics, and Geophysics

Chairs: Chithra Kumaran, Renat Letfillin ,Christan Buth

10:45 AM

A STUDY IN MERGER INDUCED GALAXY EVOLUTION THROUGH POST-STARBURST SYSTEMS Zach Griffith^1,  Marsha Wolf*^2,  Eric Hooper^2,  Christy Tremonti^2,  Charles Liu^3 University of Northern Iowa^1, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 University of Wisconsin-Madison^2, Madison, 53701 The City University of New York^3, Staten Island, NY 10314 mwolf@astro.wisc.edu

11:00 AM

AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE COMPACT ARRAY SURVEY FOR FORMALDEHYDE MASERS Daniel M Halbe and Esteban D Araya* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 ED-Araya@wiu.edu

11:15 AM

CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURED FOR LSST ALL-SKY CAMERA SITE DATA Amelia E. Shirtz^1,  Chuck Claver^2,  Tim Axelrod^3 Northern Michigan University^1, Marquette, MI 49855 NOAO^2, Tucson, AZ 85719 University of Arizona^3, Tucson, AZ 85721 ddonovan@nmu.edu

11:30 AM

EFFECT OF ASTROMETRIC OFFSETS IN OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR MASERS Hyung Kwan Kim and Esteban D. Araya* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 ED-Araya@wiu.edu

12:45 PM

FINAL STATE SENSITIVITY OF CHARGED PARTICLES IN A MAGNETIC NEUTRAL LINE FIELD Jamie L. Svetich and Richard F. Martin* Illinois State University, Physics, Normal, IL 61790-4560 rfm@phy.ilstu.edu

1:00 PM

IMAGE PROCESSING FOR ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Elizabeth Butler^1,  Arika Egan^2,  Mark Jacobs*^1 Northern Michigan University^1, Physics, Marquette, MI 49855 Northern Michigan Unversity^2, Physics, Marquette, MI 49855 mjacobs@nmu.edu

1:15 PM

INVESTIGATION OF QUARKONIUM MASS THROUGH QCD SIMULATION Sanjay Subramanian^1 and Elizabeth Freeland^2 Benedictine University - summer^1, Lisle, IL 60532 Benedictine University^2, physics, Lisle, IL 60532 efreeland@ben.edu

1:30 PM

LSST SUPERNOVAE SCIENCE Sam Stunkel and Steve Kuhlmann* Argonne National Lab, HEP, Lemont, IL 60439 kuhlmann@anl.gov

1:45 PM

NEW MODELS FOR SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS David Meltzer^1 and Micheal Berger*^2 Stony Brook University^1, Physics, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Indiana University^2, Physics, Bloomington, IN 47405 berger@indiana.edu

2:00 PM

PARTICLE DYNAMICS RESONANCES IN MAGNETOTAIL-LIKE MAGNETIC FIELDS Connor R Brennan and Richard F Martin* Illinois State University, Physics, Normal, IL 61790-4560 rfm@phy.ilstu.edu

2:15 PM

QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF CHAOTIC PARTICLE DYNAMICS IN THE GEOMAGNETIC TAIL Richard Martin*,  Daniel L Holland,  Matsuoka Hiroshi Illinois State University, Phyiscs, Normal, IL 61790-4560 rfm@phy.ilstu.edu

2:30 PM

SMALL SCALE STRUCTURE IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM TRACED BY FORMALDEHYDE ABSORPTION Esteban D. Araya* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 ed-araya@wiu.edu

2:45 PM

THREE DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES ON LAYERED MATERIALS Benjamin A. Beck and Timothy E. Kidd* University of Northern Iowa, Physics, Cedar Falls, IA 50614 tim.kidd@uni.edu

3:00 PM	BREAK
3:15 PM	UNCERTAINTIES IN CORE COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE SIMULATIONS. Jefferson R. Duggan^1,  John D. Cunningham*^1,  Steve Kuhlmann^2 Loyola University Chicago^1, Physics, Chicago, IL 60626 Argonne^2, Lemont, IL 60439 jcunni6@luc.edu

3:45 PM

USING THE HIGH-PRESSURE BEAMLINES AT APS TO STUDY DEEP-EARTH MINERALOGY Erica L Cotter and Henry P Scott* Indiana University South Bend, Department of Physics and Astronomy, South Bend, IN 46634 hpscott@iusb.edu

Session 5 – General Physics, Physics and Materials Science II Building 460, Room A

Chairs: David Marx, Bob Erck, Kah Chun Lau, Sebungbum Hong

10:30 AM	THE EFFECT OF HOST GLASS COMPOSITION ON THE SM3+ FLUORESCENCE IN LEAD AND BISMUTH BORATE GLASSES Akinloluwa Olumoroti,  P.K Babu*,  Saisudha B Mallur Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 pk-babu@wiu.edu
10:45 AM	ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW OPTICAL IMAGER FOR CERENKOV LUMINESCENCE IMAGING Michael P Dykstra^1,  Anderson Peck^2,  Anthony Chang*^2 Grand Vally State University/ Van Andel Research Institute^1, Small Animal Imaging, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Van Andel Institute^2, Grand Rapids, 49503 anthony.chang@vai.org

11:00 AM

CONOSCOPIC INTERFERENCE PATTERNS IN ANISOTROPIC CRYSTALS Oluwatobi Olorunsola,  Oluwaseye Dada,  Pengqian Wang* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 p-wang@wiu.edu

11:15 AM

AUTOMATING THE GENERATION OF DENSITY-MATRIX RATE EQUATIONS FOR MULTILEVEL ATOMS INTERACTING WITH LIGHT FIELDS Quadri Adetola A.; Kapale Kishor, T. Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 KT-Kapale@wiu.edu

11:30 AM

EXTREMAL BLACK HOLE ENTROPY IN HIGHER DERIVATIVE GRAVITY Klehfoth, Mark, G.; Schimmrigk, Rolf Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 rschimmr@iusb.edu

11:45 AM

ELECTROMECHANICAL MODELING OF MICROSCALE BIOSENSORS OPERATING IN VISCOUS MEDIA Christopher M. Douglas and Shannon J. Timpe* Bradley University, Mechanical Engineering, Peoria, IL 61625 sjtimpe@bradley.edu

12:00 PM

EXPLORING THE VARIABILITY OF ION HEATING AT RECONNECTION EVENTS IN MST Mindy S Cartolano^1,  Darren Craig*^1,  Daniel J Den Hartog^2,  Santhosh T A Kumar^2,  Mark D Nornberg^2 Wheaton College^1, Department of Physics, Wheaton, IL 60187 University of Wisconsin-Madison^2, Department of Physics, Madison, WI 53706 darren.craig@my.wheaton.edu

12:15 PM

LASER INTENSITY MODULATION BY ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT Oluwaseye Dada,  Oluwatobi Olorunsola,  Pengqian Wang* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 p-wang@wiu.edu

12:45 PM

NUMERICAL DETERMINATION OF THE BOUND STATE OF SIMPLE QUANTUM POTENTIALS Kinnary Patel and Kishor Kapale* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 KT-Kapale@wiu.edu

1:00 PM

OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR NANOPLATES Conor Delaney and Rui He* University of Northern Iowa, Physics, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 rui,he@uni.edu

1:15 PM

PIEZOELECTRICITY IN ROCHELLE SALTS Christopher M Legner,  David A Reisinger,  David T Marx* Illinois State University, Physics, Normal, IL 61761 marx@phy.ilstu.edu

1:30 PM

SPLIT-STEP FOURIER METHODS FOR THE SOLUTION OF TIME-DEPENDENT SCHRODINGER EQUATION Yogesh Patel and Kishor Kapale* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 KT-Kapale@wiu.edu

1:45 PM

STUDY OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF AN INEXPENSIVE SINGLE BUBBLE SONOLUMINESCENCE EXPERIMENT Jeremy J Peshl and Karen Gipson* Grand Valley State University, Physics, Allendale, MI 49401 gipsonk@gvsu.edu

2:00 PM

SUPER-RESOLUTION AT THE NANOMETER SCALE: USING THE STIMULATED EMISSION DEPLETION MICROSCOPY TO BREAK THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT OLUWATOBI G. OLORUNSOLA and KISHOR T. KAPALE* WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, PHYSICS, MACOMB, IL 61455 kt-kapale@wiu.edu

2:15 PM

THE CENTENARY OF WIEN'S POSTULATES REGARDING ELECTRON-GAS IN METALS Zachary A. Johnson and Aleksandr D. Goltsiker Loyola University Chicago, Physics, Chicago, IL 60189 agoltsi@luc.edu

2:30 PM

THE EFFECT OF CROSS-TURBULENCE ON COUNTER-ROTATING VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES Jasen P. Massey,  William D. Heidorn,  David Marx* Illinois State University, Physics, Normal, IL 61761 marx@phy.ilstu.edu

2:45 PM	BREAK
3:00 PM	THREE OMEGA TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY OF THIN FILM MATERIALS Joshua T. Hargraves and David T. Marx* Illinois State University, Physics Department, Normal, IL 61761 marx@phy.ilstu.edu

3:15 PM

USING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES TO UNDERSTAND GUIDED INQUIRY IN THE PHYSICS CLASSRROM Tyler D. Knowles^1,  Joanna Flores^2,  H. Gordon Berry*^3 Ripon College^1, Physics, Ripon, WI 54971 University of California Santa Cruz^2, Physics, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 University of Notre Dame^3, Physics, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Henry.G.Berry.20@nd.edu

3:30 PM

ABSORBING BOUNDARY REGIONS FOR MULTI-PARTICLE WAVEFUNCTIONS Samantha Norris,  A. Vikartofsky,  R. Wagner,  Q. Su,  R. Grobe* Illinois State University, ILP and Physics, Normal, IL 61790-4560 qcsu@ilstu.edu

3:45 PM

DYNAMICS AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF MODEL NEURONS I Lucas C Santos,  Quinton Skilling,  Epaminondas Rosa* Illinois State University, Physics, Normal, IL 61761 erosa@ilstu.edu

4:00 PM

DYNAMICS AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF MODEL NEURONS II Quinton M. Skilling1,  Lucas C. Santos2,  Epaminondas Rosa*1 Illinois State University^1, Dept. of Physics, Normal, IL 61761 Illinois State University; University of Sao Paulo^2, Dept. of Physics; Institute of Physics, Normal, IL 61761 erosa@ilstu.edu

4:15 PM

PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE AND STIMULATED EMISSION IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORYD Matthew Ware,  R. Wagner,  Q. Su,  R. Grobe* Illinois State University, ILP and Physics, Normal, IL 61790-4560 qcsu@ilstu.edu

4:30 PM

MASKING TECHNIQUES IN IMAGE INVERSION IN TURBID MEDIA Alexander Su,  R. Wagner,  Q. Su,  R. Grobe* Illinois State University, ILP and Physics, Normal, IL 61790-4560 qcsu@ilstu.edu

4:45 PM

DYNAMICS OF TWO- AND FOUR- BOSON INTERACTIONS IN DRESSED VACUUM STATES Andrew Vikartofsky,  R. Wagner,  Q. Su,  R. Grobe* Illinois State University, ILP and Physics, Normal, IL 61790-4560 qcsu@ilstu.edu

Session 6 – Environmental Science Building 401, Room B3100

Chair: Dave LePoire

12:30 PM

EFFECTS OF FLORA COMPETITION ON SAPLING SURVIVAL AND HEALTH Abigail P. Brownell and Ryan R Drake Lake Forest College, Biology, Cary, IL 60013 westley@mx.lakeforest.edu

12:45 PM

PHENOLOGY VARIATION, CHEMICAL DEFENSES, AND HERBIVORY IN WHITE OAK Justus,Elizabeth,A; Barber,Nicholas,A * Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, DeKalb, IL 60115 nbarber@niu.edu

1:00 PM

POTENTIALLY TOXIC TRACE ELEMENT CONTAMINATION ALONG THE CHICAGO SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN Norhan Elsayed^1,  Kristen Leckrone^1,  Jason Unrine^2,  W. Aaron Shoults-Wilson*^1 Roosevelt University^1, Chicago, IL 60605 University of Kentucky^2, Plant and Soil Science, Lexington, KY 40546 wshoultswilson@roosevelt.edu

1:15 PM

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE WEST FORK WHITE RIVER, INDIANA Kristi Todd Ball State University, NREM, Muncie, IN 47306 jpopovicova@bsu.edu

1:30 PM

WHERE AND AFTER WHICH TYPES OF DISTURBANCE IS RESTORATION MOST EFFECTIVE AT HELPING ECOSYSTEMS RECOVER? A META-ANALYSIS. Patrick T. Madura and Holly P. Jones* Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, DeKalb, IL 60115 hjones@niu.edu

Session 7- Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Building 401, Room B2100

Spectroscopy, and Organometallic Chemistry

Chairs: Nicholas Smith, Jeff Hammond

12:30 PM

CHARGE TRANSFER (CT) COMPLEX STUDY OF COENZYME Q10 Sarah A. Alverson,  Shaozhong Zhang*,  Jin Jin Western Illinois University, Chemistry, Macomb, IL 61455 j-jin@wiu.edu

12:45 PM

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SUBSTITUTED TETRAPHENYLETHYLENES: MOLECULAR GEOMETRY AND THE CAPTODATIVE EFFECT Karl C. Flanagan,  Allison K. Macia,  Michael J. Vineburg,  Louise L. Stracener* Edgewood College, Chemistry, Geoscience, and Physics Department, Madison, WI 53711 lstracener@edgewood.edu

1:00 PM

INFLUENCE OF SUBSTITUENTS ON THE ANTIBIOTIC ACTIVITY OF HIGHLY SUBSTITUTED DELTA-LACTONES Kyle D. Morgenstern,  Brad J. Andersh*,  Katie S. Fox Bradley University, Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61625 bja@fsmail.bradley.edu

1:15 PM

KINETIC STUDIES OF ISO-BUTYLAMINE DIAZENIUMDIOLATE Theodore R. Weyna,  Jonathan A Cabai,  Daniela Andrei* Dominican University, Chemistry, Park Ridge, IL 60068 Dandrei@dom.edu

1:30 PM

MECHANISTIC AND REACTIVITY STUDIES ON THE USE OF EQUILIBRATING BASES FOR GAMMA-C-ALKYLATION REACTIONS OF BETA-KETOESTERS Dylan K Kemmerer and Brad J Andersh* Bradley University, Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61606 bja@fsmail.bradley.edu

1:45 PM

SELECTIVE TOTAL ENCAPSULATION OF ANIONS BY NEUTRAL, HYDROPHOBIC NANO-JARS. Alexander A Urech,  Stuart A Surmann,  Gellert Mezei* Western Michigan University, Chemistry, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 gellert.mezei@wmich.edu

2:00 PM

SPECTRAL AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCES OF THE CHARGE TRANSFER IN THE HALOGEN-BONDED COMPLEXES OF BROMOSUBSTITUTED ELECTROPHILES WITH HALIDE OR PSEUDOHALIDE ANIONS. Rory Stewart,  Alan Swartz,  Sergiy V. Rosokha* Roosevelt University, Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, Schaumburg, IL 60173 srosokha@roosevelt.edu

2:15 PM

STUDY OF CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX BETWEEN ALPHA LIPOIC ACID AND TCNQ Victoria Alao,  Shaozhong Zhang,  Jin Jin* Western Illinois University, Chemistry, Macomb, IL 61455 j-jin@wiu.edu

2:30 PM

SUBSTITUENT EFFECTS ON COORDINATIN ENERGIES OF ALKENES AND ALKYNES TO GOLD AND PALLADIUM CATALYSTS Kylun T Steggall and Joseph Scanlon* Ripon College, Watertown, WI 53094 Scanlonj@ripon.edu

2:45 PM

SYNTHESIS AND ANTIBIOTIC TESTING OF SPIRO-LACTONES Katie S. Fox and Brad J. Andersh* Bradley University, The Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61625 bja@fsmail.bradley.edu

3:00 PM

SYNTHESIS OF FERROCENE-CONJUGATED REDOX-ACTIVE POLYERS BY ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION Jordan J. Hinman^1,  David York^2,  Mark W. Grinstaff*^2 Bradley University^1, Peoria, IL 61625 Boston University^2, Boston, MA 02215 mgrin@bu.edu

3:15 PM

BREAK

3:30 PM

SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS CONTAINING PEPTIDE BONDS Paul Belmonte,  Laurie Witucki,  William Schroeder,  Roderick Morgan,  Robert Smart Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401 wituckil@gvsu.edu

3:45 PM

TOWARDS A BETTER REGIOCONTROL IN SIALYLATION REACTIONS Alicia Mann,  Rachael Starner,  Cristina De Meo* SIU Edwardsville, Chemistry, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1652 cdemeo@siue.edu

4:00 PM

UTILIZATION OF ΒETA-KETOESTER MONOANIONS FOR AMIDE FORMATION Jacob J Remsza and Brad J Andersh* Bradley University, Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Peoria, IL 61606 bja@fsmail.bradley.edu

Session 8 – Engineering Building 402, Room E1100

Chairs: Ken Volin, Ali Khounsary

12: 45 PM

BIOMASS HANDLING AND TRANSPORT IN BELT DRIVEN CONVEYERS Michelle Case^1,  Mackenzie Cremeans^2,  Micheal Marolda^1,  Nicholas Pohlman*^1 Northern Illinois University^1, Batavia, IL 60510 DePauw University^2, npohlman@niu.edu

1:00 PM

CREATING A WIRELESS SENSING AND CONTROL NETWORK USING LABVIEW Chris G. Reilly and Timothy E. Kidd* University of Northern Iowa, Physics, Cedar Falls, IA 50614 tim.kidd@uni.edu

1:15 PM

DYNAMIC RESONANT BEHAVIOR IN MICROCANTILEVER BEAMS IN FLUIDS OF VARIOUS VISCOSITIES Shannon J. Timpe* and Stephanie N. Swahlstedt Bradley University, Mechanical Engineering, Peoria, IL 61625 sjtimpe@bradley.edu

1:30 PM

FLUID DYNAMICS AT TRANSITION REGIONS OF ENHANCED HEAT TRANSFER CHANNELS Jennifer C Case^1,  Jacob P Benhart^1,  Brian T Costello^1,  Alec C Fisher^1,  Nicholas A Pohlman*^2 Northern Illinois University^1, Batavia, IL 60510 Nothern Illinois University^2, npohlman@niu.edu

1:45 PM

FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION(FEC) CODING SYSTEM DESIGN Zachary Saigh,  Matthew Pregara,  In Soo Ahn,  Yufeng Lu* Bradley University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Peoria, IL 61625 ylu2@bradley.edu;isa@bradley.edu

2:00 PM

INTERDEPENDENCE OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND ADHESION FORCE UNDER SACRIFICIAL RELEASE-RELATED GALVANIC CORROSION CONDITIONS IN SILICON MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS Alyssa L. Macuk and Shannon J. Timpe* Bradley University, Mechanical Engineering, Peoria, IL 61615 sjtimpe@bumail.bradley.edu

2:15 PM

INVESTIGATION OF CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES FOR THE LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE USING SILVACO SIMULATION SOFTWARE. Skyler S. Hagen^1 and Ivan Kotov^2 Ripon College^1, Physics, Ripon, WI 54971 Brookhaven National Laboratory^2, Instrumentation Division, Upton, NY 11973 desotells@ripon.edu

2:30 PM

PERFORMANCE OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY FOR HIGH SPEED TRAIN APPLICATION Petia Guerrero^1,  Arturo Sotomayor^2,  Predip Majumdar*^1 NIU^1, DeKalb, IL 60115 SDS^2, San Diego, CA 62102 pmajumdar@niu.edu

2:45 PM

RECENT PROGRESS OF FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM IN ULTRASONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING Yufeng Lu* and In Soo Ahn Bradley University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Peoria, IL 61625 ylu2@bradley.edu;isa@bradley.edu

3:00 PM	BREAK
3:15 PM	RECONFIGURABLE ADPATIVE FILTERING SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS In Soo Ahn* and Yufeng Lu Bradley University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Peoria, IL 61625 isa@bradley.edu

3:30 PM

RECONFIGURABLE COMMUNCATION SYSTEM DESIGN Anthony Gaught,  In Soo Ahn*,  Yufeng Lu Bradley University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Peoria, IL 61625 isa@bradley.edu;ylu2@bradley.edu

Session 9- Materials Science I Building 460, Room B

Chairs: Mike Zach, Elina Vitol

1:00 PM

A STICKY SITUATION: QUANTIFICATION OF THE STRENGTH OF POLYMER ADHESIVES Ruth H. Gervais^1,  Lori A. Lepak^1,  Anirudha V. Sumant^2,  Garrett L. Sternhagen^1,  John Droske^1,  Michael P. Zach*^1 University of Wisconsin Stevens Point^1, Chemistry, Stevens Point, WI 54481 Argonne National Laboratory^2, CNM, Argonne, IL 60439 MZach@uwsp.edu

1:15 PM

COMPOSITIONAL DEPENDENCE OF DENSITY, REFRACTIVE INDEX AND DY3+ FLUORESCENCE IN LEAD AND BISMUTH BORATE GLASSES Mahdy H. Almataawha,  Panakkattu K. Babu,  Saisudha B. Mallur* Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 SB-Mallur@wiu.edu

1:30 PM

CONSTRUCTION OF AN INITIATED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION REACTOR AT MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY Hayley R Osman^1,  V.S. Sandeep Akkanapragada^1,  Christy D Petruczok^2,  Rong Yang^2,  Karen K Gleason^2,  Saibal Mitra*^1 Missouri State University^1, Springfield, MO 65809 Massachusetts Institute of Technology^2, Cambridge, MA 02139 SaibalMitra@missouristate.edu

1:45 PM

DEPOSITION OF BRONZE MICROWIRES ON ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (UNCD) ELECTRODES Corina K Grodek^1,  Lori Lepak^1,  Anirudha V Sumant^2,  Ralu Divan^2,  Michael Zach^1,  Daniel Rosenmann^2,  Suzanne Miller^2,  Ephriam Daniels^1 UWSP^1, Chemistry, Arbor Vitae, WI 54568 Argonne National Laboratory^2, Center for Nanoscale Materieals, Argonne, IL 60439 Mike.Zach@uwsp.edu

2:00 PM

DEPOSITION OF IRON MICROWIRES ON ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (UNCD) ELECTRODES Jeffrey D Machovec,  Lori A Lepak,  Mike P Zach* UW-Stevens Point, Chemistry, Stevens Point, WI 54481 mzach@uwsp.edu

2:15 PM

FLUORESCENCE OF PB2+ IONS IN LEAD BORATE GLASSES CONTAINING SILVER NANOPARTICLES. Saisudha B. Mallur,  Akinloluwa T. Olumoroti,  Panakkattu K. Babu Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 SB-Mallur@wiu.edu

2:30 PM

INVESTIGATIONS OF THE REACTIVITY OF TRANSITION METAL IONS WITH MESOPOROUS SILICA UNDER HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS Adam D Brandt^1,  Robert Mayanovic*^2,  Hao Yan^2,  Junho Chung^2,  Manik Mandal^3,  Kai Landskron^3 Missouri State University^1, Physics, Astronomy, and Material Science, Springfield, MO 65897 Missouri State^2, Physics, Astronomy, and Material Science, Springfield, MO 65897 Lehigh University^3, Department of Chemistry, Bethlehem, PA 18015 RobertMayanvoic@missouristate.edu

2:45 PM

MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR OF NANOSTRUCTURED MN0.23TAS2 NEAR FERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION Corey Cooling,  Paul Shand*,  K. R. Boyle,  Tim E. Kidd,  Laura Strauss University of Northern Iowa, Physics, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 paul.shand@uni.edu

3:00 PM

BREAK

3:15 PM

MASS PRODUCTION OF MICROWIRES ON ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (UNCD) ELECTRODES USING ELECTROPLATE AND LIFT (E&L) LITHOGRAPHY Andrew Zimmerman^1,  Samuel Hempel^1,  Timea Hohl^1,  Ruth Gervais^1,  Lori Lepak^1,  Anirudha Sumant^2,  Ralu Divan^2,  Christina Miller^2,  Daniel Rosenmann^2,  Michael Zach*^1 UWSP^1, Chemistry, Stevens Point, WI 54481 Argonne National Labroratory^2, Lemont, IL 60439 mzach@uwsp.edu

3:30 PM

PULSED LASER SYNTHESIZED GOLD AND COBALT NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS Austin Shearin,  Kartik Ghosh*,  Hari Bhatta,  Robert Delong,  Adam Wanekaya Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897 KartikGhosh@MissouriState.edu

3:45 PM

SPECTROSCOPY OF DYSPROSIUM-DOPED HEAVY METAL GLASSES CONTAINING METALLIC NANOPARTICLES Stewart K. Ferrell,  Hyung K. Kim,  Saisudha Mallur*,  P.K. Babu,  Mark S. Boley Western Illinois University, Physics, Macomb, IL 61455 sb-mallur@wiu.edu

4:00 PM

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAPHENE DOPED BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEETS Mischelle R. Nelson^1,  Kathryn V. Esham^2,  Stanley M. Shena^1,  Amartya Chakrabarti^1,  Narayan S. Hosmane*^1 Northern Illinois University^1, Biological Sciences, DeKalb, IL 60115 Alfred University^2, Glass Engineering Science, Alfred, NY 14802 hosmane@niu.edu

4:15 PM

ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (UNCD) TEM GRIDS FOR THE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION OF NANOWIRES Katherine A. Ebensperger^1,  Lori A. Lepak^1,  Anirudha V. Suman^2,  Ralu Divan^2,  Daniel Rosenmann^2,  Christina Miller^2,  Ruth Gervais^1,  Daniel Dissing^1,  Corina Grodek^1,  Michael Zach*^1 UW-Stevens Point^1, Chemisty, Stevens Point, WI 54481 Argonne National Laboratory^2, Argonne, IL 60439 MZach@uwsp.edu

4:30 PM

A STUDY OF TIO2 NANOPARTICLES REACTED WITH EU3+ IONS IN AQUEOUS FLUIDS TO HIGH P-T CONDITIONS Farris, Laurel, E.; Mayanovic, Robert, A.; Yan, Hao; McCart, Phillip, A. robert.mayanovic@gmail.com

Session 10 – General Biology Building 401, Room B3100

Chairs: Nancy Nega, AJ Cagle

2:00 PM

ADOLESCENT EXPOSURE TO CB1 RECEPTOR AGONIST ELICITS A DISINHIBITED PFC STATE IN ADULTHOOD Chanalee Hocharoen^1,  Daryn Cass^2,  Adriana Caballero^2,  Kuei Tseng*^2 Lake Forest College^1, Department of Biology, Lake Forest, IL 60045 Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science^2, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL 60064 Kuei-Yuan.Tseng@rosalindfranklin.edu

2:15 PM

CANOPY HEIGHT AND STEM DIAMETER FOR SOYBEAN AND CORM PLANTS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A MEAN Ciera J. Hancin Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL 61348 bkh@iastate.edu

2:30 PM

EVIDENCE FOR SALINITY ECOTYPES IN THE BROWN ALGA ALARIA MARGINATA Jinee Jo and Raymond J. Lewis* Wheaton College, Department of Biology, Wheaton, IL 60187 raymond.lewis@wheaton.edu

2:45 PM

IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGAL COMMUNITIES IN BATS AT RISK OF WHITE NOSE SYNDROME IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Tabitha F Williams^1,  Robert D McCleery^2,  Rod D McClanahan^3,  Andrea Porras-Alfaro*^1 Western Illinois University^1, Biological Sciences, Macomb, IL 61455 University of Florida^2, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL 32611 United States Forest Service^3, Shawnee National Forest, Harrisburg, IL 62946 A-Porras-alfaro@wiu.edu

3:00 PM

RNA SILENCING SUPPRESSION ACTIVITY OF THE PROTEINS ENCODED BY THE BROME MOSAIC VIRUS RNA GENOME Philipp H Weber NIU, Biology, Dekalb, IL 60115 jbujarski@niu.edu

3:15 PM

BREAK

3:30 PM	THE EFFECTS OF SAVANNA RESTORATION ON ANT DIVERSITY Nicole E Vachter and Sean B Menke* Lake Forest College, Biology, Vancouver, WA 98683 menke@mx.lakeforest.edu
3:45 PM	GROWING NATIVE MICROALGAE IN WASTE WATER FOR USE IN BIODIESEL PRODUCTION Keefe, Brian, D.; Davidson, Zachary, W.; Holbrook, Gabriel, P.; Grayburn, W., Scott Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115 gholbrook@niu.edu
4:00 PM	ADOLESCENCE AND GABAERGIC INTERNEURONS DIAH, KIMBERLY Lake Forest College, Biology, Vancouver, WA 98683 debburma@mx.lakeforest.edu
4:15 PM	UDERSTANDING PARKINSON’S DISEASE PATHOLOGY IN YEAST: A ROLE FOR ENDOCYTOSIS TEMBO, MAIWASE Lake Forest College, Biology, Vancouver, WA 98683

Session 11- Genomics, Genetics, Building 402, Room E1200

Molecular and Structural Biology

Chair: Sunshine Silver

2:45 PM

EFFECT OF TACTILE STIMULATION ON OXYTOCIN NEURON ACTIVATION IN NEONATAL PRAIRIE VOLES Sheryl E Arambula^1,  Catherine Barrett^2,  Larry Young^2 Missouri Southern State Southern University^1, Biology, Joplin, MO 64804 Emory University^2, Psychiatry, Atlanta, GA 30303 jackson-j@mssu.edu

3:00 PM

HEALTHY BATS HARBOUR DIVERSE GEOMYCES STRAINS CLOSELY RELATED TO GEOMYCES DESTRUCTANS, A RECENT BAT PATHOGEN Lynnaun J. Johnson^1,  Andrew N. Miller^2,  Robert A. McCleery^3,  Rod D. McClanahan^4,  Joseph A. Kath^5,  Andrea Porras-Alfaro*^1 Western Illinois University^1, Biological Sciences, Macomb, IL 61455 University of Illinois^2, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL 61820 University of Florida^3, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL 32611 US Forest Service^4, Shawnee National, Hidden Springs RD, vienna, IL 62995 Illinois Department of Natural Resources^5, Springfield, IL 62702 a-porras-alfaro@wiu.edu

3:15 PM

IDENTIFICATION OF PROMOTER ELEMENTS WITHIN THE PILS LOCI OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE Dannel Patoli and Stuart A. Hill* Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, Dekalb, IL 60115 sahill@niu.edu

3:30 PM

BREAK

3:45 PM

MAKING A CONSTRUCT TO KNOCKOUT A PUTATIVE TELOMERASE RNA SEQUENCE IN ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS Sajan Koirala,  Saajidha Rizvydeen,  Zhiyu Deng,  Natalie Zemela,  Amanda L Allred,  Karen E Kirk* Lake Forest College, Biology, Springfield, IL 62711 kirk@lakeforest.edu

4:00 PM

MRNA ACCUMULATIONS INDICATE PUTATIVE PROMOTERS IN THE PILE GENE OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE Shaun Wachter and Stuart Hill* Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, Dekalb, IL 60115 sahill@niu.edu

4:15 PM

PURIFICATION OF CANDIDATE SALICYLIC ACID-BINDING PROTEINS IN ARABIDOPSIS Emily Meyers^1,  Miaoying Tian*^2,  Daniel Klessig^2 Ripon College^1, Ripon, WI 54971 Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research^2, Ithaca, NY 14853 mt326@cornell.edu

4:30 PM

REGULATION OF PILE GENE EXPRESSION IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE Thao Le and Stuart Hill Northern Illinois University, Biological Sciences, Dekalb, IL 60115 bodebp@niu.edu

4:45 PM

DNA SEQUENCING AND ANALYSIS OF A NOVEL PLASMID IN THE CORAL PATHOGEN VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS McConoughey, Jenny, E.; Hill, Stuart, A. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115 sahill@niu.edu